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CLARK v. CALHOUN COUNTY, MISS.

No. 93-7118.

21 F.3d 92 (1994)

James H. CLARK and Barbara Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CALHOUN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert McDuff, Jackson, MS, Ellis Turnage, Morris, Turnage & Associates, Cleveland, MS, for appellant.

Shelby D. Goza, Oxford, MS, C.R. Easley, Jr., Bruce, MS, Benjamin H. Sanders, Oxford, MS, for Calhoun County, MS.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and KING and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs challenge the redistricting plan for Calhoun County, Mississippi under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The district court agreed with defendants that the black population in Calhoun County was not sufficiently geographically compact to form a majority-black district. Because the court's findings in this regard are not sufficiently particularized, we vacate and remand for further findings consistent with this opinion.<...

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